Hasp-fastener.



PATBNTBD FEB 17 1903 A. KELLER.

HASP FASTENER'. A

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UNITED STATESl PATENT OFFICE.

` ALOYSIUS KLIJER, OFPARIS, ILLINOIS.

HAsP-FASTENER.

SFECIFICATIONi-orming part of Letters Patent No. 721,045, dated February 17, 1903.

` pplicationiiled April 22, 1902. Serial No. 104,111. (No model.)

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Beit known that 1,' ALovsIUs KELLER, of Paris, in the county of Edgar and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hasp-Fasteners, ,of which the following is a specication.-

My invention relates to an improvement in hasp-fasteners, its object being. to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient device which cannot be readily tampered with or un fastened;

My invention consists of the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, -as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the drawings herewith annexed, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the de.

vice applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a sidepelevation showing the hinged hasp thrown backl to unlocked position. Fig.A 3 is a longitudinal section on line :o c of Fig. 2. Fig. l is a detail plan of the blank from which the hinged hasp is made.` Fig. 5 isa detached perspec-V gitudinal edges bent to formlilanges a a, and,

provide it with slots a a'. It is also provided with openings o? a2 to receive screws or other suitable means for seeming it to the object to which it is to be secured, which in this instance is shown applied to a door I. The hasp-plate is set kdovvn in a depression made in the face of the door and secured therein by screws, dac., as before stated.

The hasp B ishinged to the plate A by means of the tongues or extensions b b, pro-.A j acting from the rear end of said hasp B, said tongues o r extensions being passed through the slots a' a' in the plate A and bent around the rear Wall of the slots c a against the inner face of the hasp B. The width of hasp B is such that-When it is turned down against plate-A it iits snugly between and within the flanges a ct of said plate. The free end of the hinged hasp B is provided with the longitudinal slot 'B' near the outer end thereof,

from said slot are the branch'slots b' Z7'.

The keeper-plate C, which is to be secured to the door post or jamlo J, consists of a sheet of tempered steel having its edges turned up to form ilanges c c, similar to the flanges o. u. on the plate A. This keeper-platel C is also embedded or set down in a recess or depression in the door-post J. The keeper-plate is provided with a flange or lug C, projecting outwardly at right angles to its face, said lug or flange being preferably struck up from the plate itself, which may be done by cutting out a portion of the plate and bending up thevr cnt-,out portion, which has been cut on three sides; but the said lug or flange may be riveted, welded, or otherwise secured to the keeper-plate C, or the lug C may be secured alone to the doorpost.- This lug or flange C' is provided at its outer end with a slot or opening c, in which is hinged the latch D, formed ofthe blank of tempered steel, as shown in Fig. l. This latch D has the tongue or extension d and side flanges or lips d d', said iianges or lips being formed by bending the edges of the blank from which the catch is formed at an angle to Vthe body portion thereof. The tongue or extension d is passed through the slot c' in the lug or flange C and is bent around 'the outer Wall of the same and against the outer face of the latch D, thereby forming a hinge connection With the lug or flange C'.

When the latch D is held in substantially the same horizontal plane as the lug or flange C and the hinged hasp B brought over to p through the branch slots b' b and the slot B passes over the lug or flange CYtoward the plate C and within the flanges c c, when the latch D is allowed to drop and locks the hinged hasp B in place'a'nd prevents its disengagement until the latch D is again brought into the required position to allow the anges d' 169i thereof to pass through the branch slots b A padlock P may be secured to the lug C', as shown in dotted lines, thus securely locking the hinged hasp in place.

By hinging the hasp Bto the rear end of the plate A and carrying the said hasp over and against or toward the said vplate A and the plate C the screws securing the said plates are completely covered and hid from View, and they cannot be removed while the IOO hinged hasp B is locked or fastened by the latch D. Furthermore, owing to the fact that the plates A and C are set down inthe wood to which they are attached they cannot be pried off by any tool, as such tool cannot be readily inserted between the plates and the woodwork, and the tlanges a a on the plate A and the ianges c c on the keeperplate C, within which the hinged hasp B snugly fits when fastened, prevents a tool being inserted between the said hinged hasp and the plates A and C to pry it open or shut.

The peculiar form of hinge shown also forms a safeguard against tampering, as being set down within the woodwork and having no pintle it offers no projecting parts by which achisel could be brought into use. If a pintle were used and the hinge projected above the woodwork, the pintle could be cut and removed, and thus render the device useless.

It is obvious that my device may be used anywhere that an ordinary hasp or other lock could be used--as, for example, as a fastening for boxes, trunks, car-doors,celldoors,dac.

Where the device is applied to a trunk or box, the slot B', with its branch slots b' h', would preferably be cut transversely or at right angles to the direction to which it eX- tends when used as a door-fastening and the keeper-plate C would have its projecting central flan ge,with its attached latch D,arran ged transversely or at right angles to the location shown when used as a door-fastening.

Another purpose served by the flanges or turned-up edges of the hasp-plate and keeperplate is to form a protection against sleet, ice, or water, which might otherwisel thereby render the parts inoperative.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

`1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a keeper-plate adapted to be secured to a base, and provided with flanged edges, a central lug or flange projecting from the face of said keeper-plate, a latch hinged to said central lug or flange, and con.- sisting of a flat body portion and bent edges or llanges, of a hinged hasp having near its free end a slot, and branch slots, said slot and branch slots being adapted to pass over the dat portion and bent edges of the said latch and over the central lug or ange projecting from the face of the keeper-plate, and permit the hinged hasp to lie within the flanged edges of the keeper-plate.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a hasp-plate adapted to be embedded in a suitable base, having slots in its rear end and provided with ilanged edges, a hasp hinged to said plate by projecting tongues passed through said slots and bent around the rear walls thereof, said hasp being adapted to cover the face of the hasp-plate and lie within its flanged edges, a slot and branch slots near the free end of the hasp, of

a keeper-plate provided with a central lugor projecting flange and having flanged edges, a latch hinged to the said central lug or [ian ge said latch consisting of a flat body portion and bent edges or flanges, and being adapted to pass through the slot and branch slots of the hinged hasp and permit the same to pass over the central projecting lug or flange of the keeper-plate whereby the said hasp will lie within'the edge flanges of the hasp and keeper-plates when in its locked position.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a suitable base provided with a depression in the face thereof, a haspplate provided with flanged edges secured in said depression, a hasp hinged to the rear end of said hasp-plate and provided with a slot near its free end, of a keeper-plate secured in a recess or depression and provided with flanged edges, a lug projecting from said keeper-plate, a latch consisting of a iiat body portion pivoted at its edge to said lug and adapted to pass through the slot in the end of the hasp and drop in front thereof, whereby the hasp will be held within the flanged edges of the hasp-plate and keeper-plate. l

Ll. In a device of the character described, a hasp-plate adapted to be secured to a suitable base, a hasp hinged to the rear end of said 4hasp-plate, and having at or near its free end keeper-plate, whereby the screws or securing.

means of the said hasp and keeper-plates will be completely covered by the said hinged hasp when in its locked position.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a hinged hasp having a slot at or near its end and branch slots extending transversely from the ends of said slot, of a pivoted latch consisting of flat body portion and flanged or turned-up edges, said latch being adapted to pass through the slot and branch slots of the hinged hasp and drop in front of the hinged hasp and lock the same.

6. In a hasp-fastener the combination with a hinged hasp provided with a slot at or near its free end, of a keeper-plate consisting of a base and a struckup lug or flange, and a latch having a at body and hinged at its rear edge to said lug or ange, whereby the said latch may be brought into the same plane with the lug or flange and permit the slotted end of the hinged hasp to be passed over the latch when so held.

ALOYSIUS KELLER.

Vitnesses:

E. B. BROWN, A. H. CLINE.`

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